Singapore City Council election, 1957

Singaporean City Council election, 1957

21 December 1957

All 32 seats to the City Council 16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Lee Kuan Yew	Felice Leon-Soh	Lim Yew Hock
Party	PAP	LSP	LF
Leader's seat	Not Contesting	Not Contesting	Not Contesting
Seats won	13	7	4
Seat change	13	1	1
Popular vote	49,500	56,204	25,711
Percentage	30.6%	34.8%	15.9%

Elected Mayor

Ong Eng Guan
PAP

The 1957 Singapore City Council elections was the first time that all appointed seats were scrapped, and all seats were opened for direct popular voting. Nomination day was on 18 November 1957, with voting held on 21 December in the same year.

A total of 32 seats were contested. Also up for contention, was the new office of Mayor of Singapore, which would be awarded to the leader of the political party with the majority of seats won.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
People's Action Party	49,500	30.6	13	+13
Liberal Socialist Party	56,204	34.8	7	-1
Labour Front	25,711	15.9	4	-1
Workers' Party of Singapore	11,896	7.4	4	+4
United Malays National Organisation	7,832	4.8	2	+2
Independents	10,560	6.5	2	-1
Total	161,703	100	32	+18
Source: Singapore Elections

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